N.M. Stat. § 29-4-11
[Effective date of act and pension program; approval of
governor, police board and insurance department.]
The powers conferred upon the board of supervisors of the New Mexico state police
[secretary of public safety] by the provisions of this act [29-4-1 to 29-4-11 NMSA 1978]
shall be possessed and may be exercised from and after the first day of July, 1939, and
this act shall be in full force and effect from and after that date. The pension program
authorized in this act may become operative at any time after the passage of this act
upon the approval of the governor of New Mexico, the board of supervisors of the New
Mexico state police [secretary of public safety] and the insurance department of the
state of New Mexico.